GL5 Brevity
Standard English currently uses a few single letter words, notably
vowels like ‘a, I, O’. GL5 expands this goldmine of compression by providing
every letter (upper and lower case) with a designated word:
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GL5 WORD
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USAGE EXAMPLE
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&
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and
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&t, &vl, &vrsri, &tsp8t
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>
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more
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>tl, >bd, >sl
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<
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less
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<n, hom<, help<
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2
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yes
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ansr m: 2 o N
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3
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each
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t 3 Hz on
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4
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the
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4 e
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5
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she
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5 z 4 1
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6
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out
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g 6 w a Ba'
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7
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you
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7 k d i
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8
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aid
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km t 4 8 v 7r kntri
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9
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oil
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p S 9 n 4 njn
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a
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a, an
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h a bql
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A
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any
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A 4' goz
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b
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but
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OK, b B krfl
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B
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be
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B L 4t 7 k B
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c
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change
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4rz bn a c n 4 skjl
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C
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charge
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c i t m k6nt
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d
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do
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d 4 bst 7 k
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D
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Day
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t D z 4 rs v 7r lyf
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e
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end
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at 4 e v 4 D
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E
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every
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48 r E wer
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f
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for
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g f i
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F
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from
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F si t 5yn' si
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g
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go
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g t 4 frun v 4 lyn
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G
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great/grand/good
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W hd a G tym
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h
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has/have
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h i 7r w8
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H
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he
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H h a nw jqb
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i
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it
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d i lyk 4s
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I
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if
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I i z go' t r8n, 7 btr t8k a brela
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j
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just
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yl B 4r n j a mnit.
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J
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judge
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4 J pasd Jmn
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k
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can
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y k d i mslf
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K
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thousand (kilo)
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i l kqs $3K
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l
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will (future tense)
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yl si 7 tmqro
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L
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all
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p L 7r kqrdz q 4 t8bl
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m
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me/my
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kql m tnyt
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M
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many
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M r kqld
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n
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in/and
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n n 6. n 4 Bgn'
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N
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no/not
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N t wiri
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o
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or
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4s o 4t
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O
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over
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O n 6
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p
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put/place
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p i q 4 t8bl
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P
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part/particle
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4s z 4 P y lyk
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q
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on
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q 4 U4r han
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Q
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off
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trn i Q
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r
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are
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w r q T v i
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R
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right
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trn t 3 R
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s
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same
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i z 4 s Z i wz
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S
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some
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S v 4
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t
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to
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gv i t m
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T
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total/top
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g t 3 T v 4 hl
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u
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us
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r 7 w u?
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U
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under
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H hd U 4 bd
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v
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of
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1 v 4 bst
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V
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very
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i wz V G
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w
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with
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km w m
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W
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we
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W r rdi
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x
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except
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x f m
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X
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extra
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p a X pl8t q 4 t8bl
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y
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I
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y gri
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Y
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eye
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kloz 7r Yz
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z
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is
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4s z i
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Z
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as
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Z G Z i gts
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Opportunities for shrinking the size of English
words abound. A certain amount of conventional acceptance in this area is
already evident in the use of contractions.
DON’T for do not and WE’LL for we will are examples. IT’S, LET’S, WE’RE,
THEY’RE, CAN’T, COULDN’T, SHOULDN’T are a few more. But why stop there?
Other words ripe for pruning include archaic vowel groupings such as -OUGH
for long o. This is commonly applied, at least in lyrics and poetry, to
produce such substitutes as THO and THRU.
English also has made partial adaptation to word
shortening efforts in such abbreviations as:
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ad
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advertisement
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as in TV ads
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mid
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middle
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as in mid-year exams
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fab
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fabrication
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as in pre-fab homes
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ID
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identification
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lab
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laboratory
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exam
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examination
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pro
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professional
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as in pro-golfer
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coop
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cooperative
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info
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information
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Even greater savings are achieved by creating
acronyms of certain phrases which, in time, become words in their own
right:
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IQ
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Intelligence Quotient
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FBI
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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TV
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Television
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CAT
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Computerized Axial Tomography
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If this technique was universally applied, we would
experience tremendous compression ratios.
Next: Slabic Contraction
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